Superstar Tyla, Gatsheni & Kabza De Small shine at SA Music Awards

JOHANNESBURG - Tyla, Kabza De Small, Mthunzi and Gatsheni were the biggest winners at this year's South African Music Awards (SAMAs).

The event took place on Saturday night at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Gauteng and celebrated 30 years of South Africa's rich musical heritage.

The night's first prize, Best Newcomer, went to international superstar Tyla. She was also named the Female Artist of the Year, and won the awards for Best Pop Album and the International Achievement Award. 

One of the major honours of the evening was Male Artist of the Year, which went to Mskandi singer, Gatsheni, who also won Best Maskandi Album.

Kabza De Small and Mthunzi's Isimo, on the other hand, won the Motsweding FM Best Amapiano Album, Album of the Year, and Duo/Group of the Year awards. 

Here is a complete list of SAMAs winners:

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Stimela – Drakensberg Boys Choir

Ikwekwezi FM Best African Adult Contemporary Album

Sane – Brenda Mtambo

Best Afro-pop Album

Imizwa – Lwah Ndlunkulu

Best Alternative Album

I'm With the Singer – I'm With the Singer

Motsweding FM Best Amapiano Album

Isimo – Kabza De Small and Mthunzi

Best Classical/Instrumental Album

End of the Beginning – Fanie Dick

Best Collaboration

iPlan – Dlala Thukzin, Sykes and Zaba

Best Dance Album

Permanent Music 3 – Dlala Thukzin 

Best Engineered Album

Reimagined – The Soil

Best Gqom Album

We Don't Play the Same Gqom – QueDj 

Best Hip Hop Album

Dust – Priddy Ugly

Best Jazz Album

Enhlizweni: Song From My Heartland – Steve Dyer 

Best Kwaito Album

Most Wanted – Sykes 

Best Maskandi Album

Uyihlo noNyoko – uGatsheni 

Best Pop Album

Tyla – Tyla 

Best Produced Album

No Other Love – David Watkyns 

Best Produced Music Video

Dali by Kamo Mphela – Kudzi 

Best R&B/Soul Album 

Testament – Lordkez 

Best Reggae Album

Give Praises – Skeleton Blazer

Best Rock Album

Dans Deur Die Donker – Fokofpolisiekar 

Best Traditional Faith Music Album

Mo Roriseng – Omega Khunou

Best Traditional Music Album

Hamba Naye – Soul Brothers

Beste Kontemporêre Musiek Album

Estetika – Elandré

Beste Pop

Almal Gly – Die Piesangskille 

Remix of the Year

Weekend Special (Jnr SA remix) – Jnr SA

Rest of Africa

Son of a Tribe (Royalty Edition) – Edgar Muzah (Zimbabwe)

Best African Indigenous Faith Album

Soothe My Soul: Songs From Our South African Church – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Best Contemporary Faith Album

Unusual – Xolly Mncwango

Lesedi FM Male Artist of the Year

UGatsheni – Uyihlo noNyoko

Ukhozi FM Female Artist of the Year

Tyla – Tyla 

Radio 2000 Duo/Group of the Year

Isimo – Kabza De Small and Mthunzi

SANTAM Newcomer of the Year

Tyla – Tyla 

SAMPRA Album of the Year

Isimo – Kabza De Small and Mthunzi